Unusual cause of caecal ischaemia (March 2023 [1])

Published: 04/05/2023

Authors: Evangelos Chandanos, Helena Laurell and Lars-Göran Larsson

A 69-year-old man presented with right lower quadrant abdominal pain and fever. His medical history was notable for erectile dysfunction treated with an inflatable penile prosthesis. A computed tomography scan showed caecal ischaemia. Diagnostic laparoscopy (Video File) found the caecum had lodged in the empty reservoir of the penile prosthesis, causing ischaemia.